Wood Shop

Fitting

Not a fitting end but fitting progress.  Lorne Tweed continues to custom fit stiles and rails for new IC 3996 windows.  There is a lot of fussy work involved for eleven new frames.

Two More

Lorne makes the final checks and adjustments on two more frames assembled and glued, now clamped in the press.  Four new frames glued, seven to go, for those of you at home keeping score.

Tricky Cuts

Roger Kramer is making a close check on some tricky cuts at the bottom of the new windows for the Villa Falls, to accommodate the weatherstipping and rub strips.  Behind him, Rich Witt sets up the router for another cut on these frames.

Final QC

One new frame was ready to go home for finish work but the second one requires another step or two to make it nearly perfect.  Roger and Rich discuss the work.  Roger is holding one of the badly rotted and deteriorated original bottom rails to demonstrate where and how the brass finger lifts will be installed.

Armrests

We have been asked to produce a number of new wood armrests for a passenger car.  Roger is examining a provided sample as we puzzle out the best way to make these, and the materials needed.  Looks simple - right?  Maybe not so simple as you might think.

Let There Be Light

Saving the best till last?  Max Tyms is making good progress with the electrical work needed to complete the new shop space.  Here you see one of the rows of new flourescent lights energized!

Windows

Greg Ceurvorst, John Faulhaber, and Fred Zimmerman are discussing the days work - what else - more windows!

Villa Falls

Greg was doing some finish sanding on the new Villa Falls windows.  Earlier, he, Fred and Victor Humphreys moved some structural steel from the Barn 4 floor to inside the B&O boxcar.

The Old Grind

Fred and Victor were repairing another step well for the ATSF caboose.  Fred is all suited up and the sparks are flying!

New Sill

Randy Hicks has just completed some tricky notches for a new poplar window sill for the IT cars undergoing repairs in Barn 4.

Re-assembled

Earlier, Randy completed post repairs on the IT 277.  There was a lot of woodwork and tricky parts to replace rotted members, under that wide window post steel plate.

Sign of the Times

Or rather - sign box of the times.  Mike Stauber and Frank Sirinek have removed the front signbox from the Kansas City PCC and they had it in the shop.  Disassembly, cleanup and repairs ensued.  Done with that stage, it is ready for primer and repainting.

This has been a challenging winter season, weather wise, but here is an opportunity to place names with faces.  These hardworking volunteers have worked in the Barn 4 shops, on projects, regularly on Wednesdays over the winter.  Those who do not have the opportunity to visit the shop often may not have met them, and the same goes for readers here who are not located in our area.  But here is a chance to notice their work and congratulate and thank them for the work.

Rich Witt was instrumental in helping to take the images and load them.  And of course you may go back to the BLOG entries to see specific projects that are active and perhaps consider a donation to help keep them moving forward.  So, here in alphabetical order, are the ROGUES.  Thanks guys!

Jack Biesterfeld

George Clark

Gerry Dettloff

John Faulhaber

Pete Galayda

Simon Harrison

Victor Humphreys

Roger Kramer

Bob Kutella

Buzz Morisette

John Nelligan

Tim Peters

Frank Sirinek

Mike Stauber

Lorne Tweed

Henry Vincent

Rich Witt